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Ine sultan has conferred upon the king OF Greece
the Decoration Of the order OF Nichanif mtlaz ser
IN diamonds The sultan viii send a congrarula
tory letter 70 the pope
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Gov. BEAVER ON THE FSHKRIKs.-Calyfn a
Crowell, one Of the Philadelphia directors OF the
American Fishery Association, has received let
70 preside at meeting to be held In horticultural
Hall January 3 for the purpose OF stating the
listing public sympathy In their behalf In con.
Guiding his acceptance the governor says: 81 know
OF no question which needs careful discussion
prompt action and tenacious holding 10 the Ameri.
can idea more than this one Of the great American
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such a Convenience.


young lady living up town received a special
delivery letter. The messenger handed her the
book 20 sign for II. She took the book, and, in
stead OF writing her signature, she wrote: "bear
joan: Glad 70 hear from you. Come up sunday
night" She had answered the letter.!
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Chauncey u. Depew has bought OF John Jacob
York for 100000
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j. c. HurcH1ssos.
IMPORTER
HEAVY MARK DOWN.
WV $$$$$$ EEsf s =. Fl ssssss
! a SS'Skkk Enn TT! T ssss
j. 5yj : I ~ / SSoS < KEN ! ssss %
which well worth the attention of every lady wish
ing q well-made garment. perfect in At and Hnish.
The entire balance Of Imported Garments below cost
1wrap made by Emil Pingst s75, former price s275
Black Plush. Raglan trimmed with Black Lynx and
Jet at $50. former price $780,
Black Plush and Velvet viates plain and trimmed.
at 25 per cent below regular prices.
Seal Plush Raglan At $50, former price eos.
Seal Plush visites and sacques at prices ranging
from 10 to 20 per cent discount
New Markets and RaglAns at from 10 to Is per cent
below former prices
Special prices in Jackets.
MILLINERY.
so dog. untrimmed Hats and Bonnets, selected
shapes, in all colors, At 81 each
Trimmed Hats and Bonnets at 25 per cent reduction
from stock prices
All Fancy Feathers so per cent discount allowed
from marked price
This is the first and last mark down sale Of the
son. and purchasers will obtain rare bargains.
d24 9O5 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
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Trade W1rH Us FREELY

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AND WE WILL
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dorsement Of large number of people, when origi.
nally made by US three years ago. We having lived
up to the letter and spirit Of our part, they-THE
PEOPLE-of their own motion settled the question Of
our business existence by
TRADING WITH US FREELY.
We clinched the contract by
PROTECTING THEM FULLY.
Mems Sack Suits, strictly all wool, ss IS upward
mems GETAWAY Suits strictly all wool. 1915 up
Mems Prince Albert Suits. strictly all WOOL SIS SO
81 BeeSs' Suits. ages II to 49, c. " and p all WOOL
children's Suits. ages to ID years. SO upward
MEMS OvERCoATs
$500 1925, 1857. $3.50, 1880 1915. 90. 90 as
upward.
BOYS OvERCOATa
Ages 13 to years
$4.l@' $425, 1857. $3.50. SI.75. Ss.75 upward.
CHILDREN's ovERCOATs.
Ages to IL years
sl.25. s2.75. S3.l2. $780, 1887, s4.25. e. 50 up
ward
MEMS PANTALooNs
Sl1o, S225. $3.50, S2.7S, S2.S7, $3.50, 1887, "a
upward
Do not make purchase of READY.MADE CLOTH.
ING without calling ut
VICTOR E. ADLER'S
10 Per Cent Clothing House 10
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n Open Saturday until IL pm d2l
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WOMEN On THE CoNsrTEE--The newly-elected
cbarman Of the Cook County, ILL.,, COM
iaittee OF the prohibition party. is WIN.
,. singleton or Evanston. His accept
AAce OF the position was conditioned BY him upon
we proposition 10 admit women members OF
me committee and invite them TO county conyen-
aons as aelegates 10 the proportion OF one for
.-Sh w T. i. U After a weeks consideration
ms proposition was accepted and Major Single
Ton Is Chairman
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.

HALLEr a DAVIS CELEBRATED UPRIGHT
Il Pianos. improved 10y PATENTS. Special selco-
ton for Holiday Season. Fifty more of those Pianos
ordered for the New England Conservatory, tell tie
story Of supreme excellence H L. SUMNER. Agent
81 9th ST "a W OIL
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Congregational Candidates.
THE DEADLOCK IN THE TwENTY-FOURTH PKSNsY
ny-r

THE DEADLOCK IN THE TwENTY-FOURTH PRNNsYL-
yANIA DISTRICT.
The republican delegates from Fayette, Greene,
Washington, and Allegheny counties, Pa, sp-
pointed to formulate a new method OF selecting
candidates in the twenty fourth Congressional dis
trct OF the state, met again in Pittsburg yester-
day. special from that city to the Philadelphia
Press says: Several plans were discussed, but
AFTER four hours OF talk an adjournment was had
wnrr on ,n nus Inc enecI OF tnls STns
10 De the underlying cause OF the deadlock. When
noses were counted 1t was found that matters were
about In the same condition as when the commit
tee adjourned on December 9. The candidates
mentioned so lar for Congressional hOnors include
esx,Jndge Acheson, Major Chill W. Hazard, Colonel
County is said 10 have practically united upon ex-
Judge Acheson, however, and for that reason more
conferree system, which would virtually knock
the judge out, or at least put him on no better
footing than the others, whereas by the delegate
or popular vote plan his nomination, they think,
would be very easy to accomplish. Another meet
ing will be held in March:
Early Orange. in Northern California.
Oroville Letter to the San Francisco Examiner
One great fact about the citrus belt Of the north
Is that oranges rpen and are ready for the market
at least six weeks earlier than at Riverside and
Los Angeles Beginning December 15, they are In
proper condition to ship. The cause OF this is
not difficult to see. The winters here are about
mild and warm as at Los Angeles. II there is any
difference, however, 1t Is IN favor OF the latter
city. But the springtime and autumn Of this
vicinity are several degrees warmer. This
Is what makes the fruit mature earlier. In
southern California 1t is hardly ready for the
ket before February, and no shipments are made
before that month. Last season the southern
region made shipments to the number OF 1000
boxes. Now a point that should be noted, and
constantly be borne In mind and one that should
disabuse all jealousy from the minds OF some
people living In the southern section, is that the
northern citrus belt Can have the bulk OF its
oranges sold and delivered before the southern
growers are ready for the market. No shipments
or oranges have ever been made from this section,
but next year 1t Is almost certain that there Will
be several from this town.
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A Broken will.

6kO. W. COyALTS CATHOLIC MARRIAGE WILL NOT DE-
PRIvE HIN or AN ESTATE.
An interesting and lengthy case has been alb
sorbing the exclusive attention OF the Common
Pleas Court In Batavia, ohio. It was the case OF
Geo. W. Covalt agt. John Combttes, in which the
legality Of the last will and testament OF Mrs.
Mary c. W. COvalt, which involved personal prop
erty and real estate to the amount of S75, 600,
the all-impOrtant question OF dispute. the will In
question (which was executed several months since
provided that all her property. both real and per-
sOnal should be devised 10 one John Combites, IN
trust To be held In such manner until the wife OF
q. W. COvalt, only OF the late executor of the
will, should die, at which time, In case she died
without issue. the effects should 20 to the son.
But should she die leaving issue, such children
were Catholics or protested the Catholic faitn
should In no event receive any portion or her
property. But should such children turn from
the catholic faith they fell heir TO the estate IL
further provided that should the wife OF her son
survive him. without children OF other than CathO-
lie Faith, all her property should be given TO the
children Of her trustee. provided he had any. In
tue event he did not, then the estate to 20 to
her nearest blood kin This most peculiar ana IN
natural cutting on OF her son by Mrs COvalt was
brought about by his marriage 10 a Catholic lady.
About seyenty-fiye witnesses We're. examined In
thecase- verdict rendering the Will void was rem
tered and u seemed 10 meet with almost universal
approval A motion for 4 new trial was offered ty
the trustee through his attorneys.
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HOTELS.

HOTEL LAFAYETTE 42D AND BROADWAY
III New York. JNo I. wAGGAMAN OF Washing,
ton. D. c. proprietor. Recently RENTED and reopened
under management on European plan Rooms. 81
and up per day Situated within fifteen minutes ride
of business and amusement centers and depots. Res
unsurpassed excellence At moderate prlces
Headquarters for Neutrality-suspicious.. d21-1m
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OCEAN STEAMERS.

SHORT ROUTE TO LONDON.
- NORDEUTSCHER LLOYD g. Co
Fast Express Steamers.
To Southampton london, Hsyre), Bremen
Aller, We'd, Dec. %. PIN; Eulda, Wed. Jan. 4,
$3.50 m; Elbe. Wed. Jan; I, 3 p. IN werra. Wed.
Jan. Is, $3.50 Am. Ems, We'd. Jan. 20, = 80 D.
Elder, Sat, Jan. ..S 3 am
Comfortable ststerooms. excellent table, luxurious
saloon appointments. Prices LIST cabin S75 and up
wards BERTH according to location; I'd cabin. SIS
berth steerage at low rates. Apply to
d22 E f. DROOP 025 Penn. ave.
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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR ERECTING FIRE ESCAPES
Il on School Houses in the City OF Washington. OF
FICE THE ENGINEER COMMISSIONER, Washington,
D. c., December 22, 1887: Sealed proposals will be
received ut this Office until IL O'Clock of Tuesday
pipes Platforms, aud Ladders on tho Public School.
houses in the City OF Washington, D. c. Blank forms
office Of the Inspector Of buildings D. c. upon sppli.
thereto and proposals upon these forms will alone be
considered The right Is reserved to reject any and
all bids and parts of bids. WILLIAM LUDLOW, En-
gineer Commissioner d22-6t
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PROFESSIONAL

PROFESSlONA
DROF CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED CLAIR
II yoyant, Astrologer and Spiritual Medium Every
property Causes speedy marriages. Brings separated
together. Gives success IN business Removes AZ
time and disappointment BY Calling on this geng
and sdvertises only what he can do. Sittings. Soc
Hours to 8. Open Sundays. 421 9th st. W. oSl2ws
CUPERFLUOUS HAIR OBLITERATED. LEAVING
u no trace by my electric needle ten years
practice. 4RS. Dr. GA1klEL
d5-12ts l32l u - n ".
NGME. BROOKE TELLS ALL THE EVENTS OF
vi LIFE All business CONFIDENTIAL. Ladies' and gem
tlemen so cents each. 408 L street. between 4sh and
9th streets northwest eo-l6Ws
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~ Law. barbour Law building, 900 Lo1idaaa
svenua Weshangtoa. D. Q. ksadsnoA l21o y 3
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MARRIAGE LrCEssEs.-Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF. the court 10 John III.
Foster. Of Evansville. Ind, and Josephine Piper;
Joseph W. Brown and Ella 5. Williams, both OF
Alexandria, Va; John l. Bengell and Fannie NJ.
Richardson, both OF Richmond. Va; Jno. Cotter
and Mary j. O'MahOney; Thornton Norman and
NJ l. Dorsey; Frank Brown and Elizabeth Stoke
"; Daniel Hudnell and jennie ScrOggins.
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Offtcers Elected.

Officers have been elected by various bodies as
follows: DeMolay Commandery No. 4, K. 7. A:
Eminent commander, X 7. Hieston; generalissimo,
e. c. NJ. LOeifier; captain general, +. g. Alexan-
der; prelste, Rev. j. W. Trout; senior warden,
JaA ". Hodges; junior warden, Jno +. O'Neill
treasurer Thos. somervfle; recorder, l. G. steph-
ems: trustee, ". - ROoSe.
Excelsior Ledge, No. IA. Knights Of Pythias: p.
G.. W. l. Tune: &. c., III. j. GassOn; V. c., J. A.
Wiiker: prelate, F. b. CorcOran; X. OF X. and s..
B. L. Evans; NJ OF F.. J. A Weigle; NJ. OF E. W. III.
MOhler: school committee p. C.s, W. II. Mohler,
A NJ CrOnk. W. 7. MOckoee.
Penn Council, No. o. order OF Chosen Friends:
Councillor. J. l. Thornton; vice councillor, II. C..
SHOES; prelate, Mrs +. A. Barbour: secretary, W.
W. ). Dyer; treasurer, J. ". Eale.
Treasury Council, National Union: President,
Chas r Smith: yice-president, G. X. Ferguson !;
speaker, ID. W. keck; secretary, s. G. Jones; imam
cial secretary. j. W. Harsha; treasurer, Geo. A.
Jordan; chaplain, W. 7. Maddox.
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MT. VERNON SEMINARY
WI HOO. 1l04, 1116 NJ st. and 100 18th st.
French and English Boarding and Day school for
Young Ladies and Little Girla
Academic, intermediate and Primary Departmental
Commodious new school building. containing CHAPEL.
SESSION ROOMS CLASS-ROOMS, aud OFFICE.
with steam heating and best modern improvements
ready for occupancy this fall
Thirteenth year begins OCTOBER 9.
For circulars apply " Principal,
s34m MRS T. T. SOME6S
A GRADUATE OF HARVARD, TEACHING IN
IA Washington, desires pupils singly or In small
classes. Inquire Of MR.. JARVIS BUTLER, O:34 st
II. W. sl5-5m
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SHAKESPEARE"
Three months course, So CONVERSATION and
DEPARTMENT, three months course, $40. VOICE
CULTURE and DEEP BREATHING. three months
course. including both. $40. MARTYN COLLEGE.
PRIVATE LESSONS in any department. d1O-3m
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SCHOOL TEACHERS VISIT The CIrY.-An excur-
Sion OF i've hundred school teachers from Brooklyn
and New York city arrived In the city yesterday
afternoon and are CHARTERED at the National, Met
rOpolitan and Wizards Hotel. They will leave
tomorrow afternoon for home, and the time here
Will be spent In visiting points OF interest about
the city, Including Mount Vernon.
, 1887-10-22

puns, Of molas ses against 40,742 hhds
sugar and 32.067 puns molasses at the cor
responding period of fast year. The autumn
nal equinox being past, we shall soon be
experiencing, SO far as human existence is
concerned, more tolerable weather.
There have been two meetings of the
Legislative Council during the Fortnight
on the Goth and 9th. At both meetings
the Board vas engaged with the Rum
Duty Bill. The Bill passed through Com
mittee on Tuesday last. and was read a
third time and passed. It is certainly a
most cumbrous piece Of legislation, and it
10 prophesisd that it will succeed only i'll
one thing, .and that Will be to choke, or
crush altogether, the industry in Rum.
Captain Macaulay, the popular Superin-
tendent of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, arrived from England, in r. M.
s. Orinoco, on the 18th instant, looking
much better for his trip, and resumed the
duties of his Office.
During the past fortnight a Cricket match
has been played between a Demerara elev-
en- and a. Barbados eleven. The match
took place in Demerara, whittier our elev-
en- proceeded in r. NJ. S. Esk on Wednes-
day 21st. inst, and, as will be seen from
the subjoined kilograms, resulted in q
crushing defeat for the Barbadians.
, 1887-10-22

rising, and it is against this that the Bulga-
rian Government is exerting special vigilance.
Prince Ferdinand is reported to be working
hard, and says he is quite determined but
IN spite OF many INTERVIEWS" his real cha
racter does not as yet appear.
The French Generals conceal the precise
facts of their experiment in mobilization with
great skill. 1t is said that while the obedi.
ence of the men was as striking as their will
ingness, and while the railways worked adj.
mirably, the Commissariat broke down, and
the superior officers did not know their duties
in the field; but nothing has been officially
revealed. The Minister of Wa is obviously
not quite content, for he says that he will
correct the weak points he has discovered;
But General Breart, who was in actual com
mand of the corps dGFm6e, is much better
satisfied. He stated on Wednesday in Tou.
louise, at a banquet given in his honour, that
the mobilization had treasured opinion, and
that now "we are ready aud we wait" A
Mayor present, the Mayor of Villefranche,
accumulated this speech by exclaiming,-'We
thank you for having opened our eyes. We
dared to hope for the reranche. 1t is with
impatience we now expect it," Utterances
OF this kind must be expected at military
dinners; but the graver journals in Paris
thlnk them important enough to suppress.
There can be no doubt that if the mobilization
has succeeded, the readiness for war within
the Army will be increased. And it is thu
Army rather than the people or the Govern
ment which will at last fix the time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-02
The Lick TeIeSrOpe.

What the Lick telescope will do viii
depend ON men who have the handling of
it. 1t will not make discoveries of itself.
All that can be said of it is that it will
place in the hands of painstaking COM
petent Observers the best means now in
existence of scanning the heavens. If
they do not turn the means to account it
will not be the fault of the telescope. In
times past some small telescopes have
made more important discoveries than
stand to the credit of some of the large
telescopes of our day. But this is not be-
cause the small instruments were better,
but because in proportion to the progress
of exploration the UNEMPLOYED area of the
heavens naturally diminishes- There is
less to be discovered now than there was
in the time of the elder Herschel.
Nor is it logical to deride large tele-
scopes because Lord ROSES great instru-
ment has added little to its carly nebular
discovery. His telescope is powerful,
but it Is not exact or accurate, and every
observer knows that eNactnesS and pre-
cision in a telescope are even more im-
portant than power. Professor Davidson
says that the Lick telescope will unveil
stars of one degree fainter magnitude
than can be detected by the instruments
now in use. This would be no small gain.
A correspondingly increased power ought
to add to our knowledge of Mars, which
il the planet of most immediate interest
to observers on this globe.-San Fran
cisco Call
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-02

Mono lake is another sheet of water
that il full of soda, borax, and other
minerals in solution. The waters of both
Owens and Mono lakes is natural deter
gent. The dirtiest and greasiest of cloth
ing is made clean in half minute by
simply rinsing the article in the lakes. 1t
fathers naturally when agitated. When
there is a high wind n wall of suds three
or four feet in height is seen along that
shore dpou which the waves beat. This
qiivering wall-in which are seen all the
colors of the rainbow and as many beau
ties rs are shown by the kaleidoscope
would grow to n height of ten or twelve
feet before topping over, but that when
it attains a certain height the wind
catches it up and watts great balls Of it
far inland.
Some of these floating balloons of lather
are us big as a -four barrel. As the pre-
vailing winds are from the west, all vege-
tation ON the eastern shore of the lakes is
killed for distance of many rods. When
there ere unusually high winds tho balls
of suds are blown so far inland as to
reach clumps of willows and other bushes,
the leaves of which are then seen to be
scorched SIS though by fire. The water.
just as it comes from the lakes, would
make an excellent shampoo for the use
of BARRIERS; and the solid matter resulting
from evaporation would make q fine
washing powder for laundry use.-Vir
GINA City Enterprise.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-02
EicIinn Must I.c Interesting.

When all is said and done the first bust
ness of fiction is to interest. Jf this bust
ness DO accomplished in seemly manner,
without any violation of decency aud mo-
rality, Ito lie sure, there is much virtue
in this ifD there can be no right reason
for complaint. The late George Henry
Lcwcs Was not, perhaps, an extremely
wise man, but he made one very sensible
observation on this head. If AN author,
he wrote once in an essay ON Dickens,
IF IA author makes me laugh he is
humorous: if he makes me cry he is pa
thetic. In vain will any one tell me that
such a picture is not laughable, is not pa
thetic; or that | am wrong in being
mo@.l." Beyond this there is no pass
ing. Mr.. Lowell (and you and 1, good
reader. with himl may prefer, when
we settle down in our arm chairs with n
book in our hands, to be taken out of
ourselves and away from our neiShbOrs,
as far as this psychical transportation is
possiblt,-those neighbors, whom in the
flesh we are always so glad to see. and
Whose affairs we are never weary of dis
cussiug. But ii our neiShbors think diff
ferently. $40 let them think. -Macmillan's
MAGAZINE.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-02
English Ofiicial Simplicity.

Some persons are skeptical about centena-
rians, but the English commissioners OF Gus
toms are not. There was a clerk in their de
partment who retired ON a pension forty two
years ago. The eonfi,iing board went ON
paying the annuity till last month, by which
time the annuitant was apparently 100 years
old. This abnormal longevity does not seem
to have induced the commissioners to make
inquiries. II they had done SO they would
have discovered that the nominal recipient of
the pension hal been dead thirty-five years,
and that the money was really going to his
son, mere Junior of -. IL is almost pity
that the fraud has been found out, says The
Pail Mall Gazette. 1t would have been inter-
esting to see how long the customs board
would have gone ON paying the pension. Per-
haps about 1850 or Whereabouts, when the
pensioner would have been $50 years old, they
might have begun to grow suspicious. -Bos-
ton Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-02
EinneN'S Valuable Eind.

Louis Blanding says the generally PC
cepted statement that the largest nugget
ever found in California was worth a
little more than S21 200 is an erroneous
one. He says that j. ]. Finney, ''Ohi
Virginia, found piece of gold about
six miles from Downieville, Sierra county,
on Aug. 81, 1866. that weighed 5000
ounces. The gold of that vicinity was
worth SIS per ounce, which would make
the value of the nugget 100000 This
would make the FInney nugget the largest
piece of pure gold ever discovered. so far
as accounts go. Heretofore the Austria
Ian nugget, found in the Ballarat gold
fields, has been considered the largest. 1t
was valued at $50, 900. Finney, or .sOld
Virginia. as he was Familiarity called in
those days, afterward went to Washoe
when the great silver discoveries We're
made there. and from him the town of
Virginia City took its name. The man
who discovered the largest nugget in
California and gave his name to the rich
est mining camp in the world died in ex-
IRENE poverty.-Grass Valley Union.